Table.Min.md

Table.Min

Returns the smallest row or a default value using the given criteria.

function (table as table, optional comparisonCriteria as nullable any, optional default as nullable any) as nullable any

Description

Returns the smallest row in the table, given the comparisonCriteria. If the table is empty, the optional default value is returned.

Category

Table.Ordering

Examples

Find the row with the smallest value in column [a] in the table.

Table.Min(Table.FromRecords({[a = 2, b = 4], [a = 6, b = 8]}), "a")

[a = 2, b = 4]

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Find the row with the smallest value in column [a] in the table. Return -1 if empty.

Table.Min(#table({"a"},{}), "a", -1)

-1

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